Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices › Exterior
Filed Jul 26, 2002PA
POWER SIDE MIRRORS AUTOMATICALLY GO DOWN AND FACE GROUND WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. DEALER DOES NOT HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK *YH
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2002 BMW X5 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2002 record →
Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Jan 22, 2002MI
VEHICLE HAS EXTREMELY BRIGHT DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS WHICH ARE VERY DISTRACTING FOR OTHER DRIVERS.*AK *JG
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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